The Nutcracker

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Mark Ermler

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1892. The score is a late-Romantic orchestral ballet work characterised by colourful orchestration, memorable melodies and varied dance forms, and it is the last of Tchaikovsky's three major ballets, representing a continuation of his development in ballet composition and orchestral colour.
First released: 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker: Act I: Overture
    3:16
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, no. 2. March
    2:27
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, no. 4. Waltz
    1:08
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, no. 7. Scene (The Battle between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King)
    3:12
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, no. 8. Scene (Journey through the Snow)
    4:06
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, no. 9. Dance of the Snowflakes
    6:22
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: I. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
    1:12
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: II. Coffee (Arabian Dance)
    3:34
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: III. Tea (Chinese Dance)
    1:04
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: IV. Trepak (Russian Dance)
    1:06
  11. 11.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: V. Dance of the Reed-Flutes
    2:33
  12. 12.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: VI. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
    2:55
  13. 13.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 13. Waltz of the Flowers
    6:49
  14. 14.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas de deux: I. The Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy
    5:09
  15. 15.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas de deux: II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    2:15
  16. 16.
    The Nutcracker: Act II, no. 15. Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    5:15

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